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    Printer MIB Interpreters Language Families

              other(1),
              langPCL(3),        -- PCL.  Starting with PCL version 5,
                                 -- HP-GL/2 is included as part of the
                                 -- PCL language.
                                 -- PCL and HP-GL/2 are registered
                                 -- trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.
              langHPGL(4),       -- Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language.
                                 -- HP-GL is a registered trademark of
                                 -- Hewlett-Packard Company.
              langPJL(5),        -- Peripheral Job Language. Appears in the
                                 -- data stream between data intended for a
                                 -- page description language.
                                 -- Hewlett-Packard Co.
              langPS(6),         -- PostScript Language (tm)
                                 -- Postscript - a trademark of Adobe
                                 -- Systems Incorporated which may be
                                 -- registered in certain jurisdictions
              langIPDS(7),       -- Intelligent Printer Data Stream
                                 -- Bi-directional print data stream for
                                 -- documents consisting of data objects
                                 -- (text, image, graphics, bar codes),
                                 -- resources (fonts, overlays) and page,
                                 -- form and finishing instructions.
                                 -- Facilitates system level device
                                 -- control, document tracking and error
                                 -- recovery throughout the print process.
                                 -- Pennant Systems, IBM
              langPPDS(8),       -- IBM Personal Printer Data Stream.
                                 -- Originally called IBM ASCII, the name
                                 -- was changed to PPDS when the Laser
                                 -- Printer was introduced in 1989.
                                 -- Lexmark International, Inc.
              langEscapeP(9),
              langEpson(10),
              langDDIF(11),      -- Digital Document Interchange Format
                                 -- Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard MA
              langInterpress(12),
              langISO6429(13),   -- ISO 6429.  Control functions for Coded
                                 -- Character Sets (has ASCII control
                                 -- characters, plus additional controls for
                                 -- character imaging devices.)
                                 -- ISO Standard, Geneva, Switzerland
              langLineData(14),  -- line-data:  Lines of data as separate
                                 -- ASCII or EBCDIC records and containing
                                 -- no control functions (no CR, LF, HT, FF,
                                 -- etc.). For use with traditional line
                                 -- printers.  May use CR and/or LF to
                                 -- delimit lines, instead of records.  See
                                 -- ISO 10175 Document Printing Application
                                 -- (DPA)
                                 -- ISO standard, Geneva, Switzerland
              langMODCA(15),     -- Mixed Object Document Content Architecture
                                 -- Definitions that allow the composition,
                                 -- interchange, and presentation of final
                                 -- form documents as a collection of data
                                 -- objects (text, image, graphics, bar
                                 -- codes), resources (fonts, overlays) and
                                 -- page, form and finishing instructions.
                                 -- Pennant Systems, IBM
              langREGIS(16),     -- Remote Graphics Instruction Set,
                                 -- Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard MA
              langSCS(17),       -- SNA Character String
                                 -- Bi-directional print data stream for SNA
                                 -- LU-1 mode of communications
                                 -- IBM
              langSPDL(18),      -- ISO 10180 Standard Page Description
                                 -- Language
                                 -- ISO Standard
              langTEK4014(19),
              langPDS(20),
              langIGP(21),
              langCodeV(22),     -- Magnum Code-V, Image and printer control
                                 -- language used to control impact/dot-
                                 -- matrix printers.
                                 -- QMS, Inc., Mobile AL
              langDSCDSE(23),    -- DSC-DSE:  Data Stream Compatible and
                                 -- Emulation Bi-directional print data
                                 -- stream for non-SNA (DSC) and SNA LU-3
                                 -- 3270 controller (DSE) communications
                                 -- IBM
              langWPS(24),       -- Windows Printing System, Resource based
                                 -- command/data stream used by Microsoft At
                                 -- Work Peripherals.
                                 -- Developed by the Microsoft Corporation.
              langLN03(25),      -- Early DEC-PPL3, Digital Equipment Corp.
              langCCITT(26),
              langQUIC(27),      -- QUIC (Quality Information Code), Page
                                 -- Description Language for laser printers.
                                 -- Included graphics, printer control
                                 -- capability and emulation of other well-
                                 -- known printer .
                                 -- QMS, Inc.
              langCPAP(28),      -- Common Printer Access Protocol
                                 -- Digital Equipment Corp.
              langDecPPL(29),    -- Digital ANSI-Compliant Printing Protocol
                                 -- (DEC-PPL)
                                 -- Digital Equipment Corp.
              langSimpleText(30),-- simple-text:  character coded data,
                                 -- including NUL, CR , LF, HT, and FF
                                 -- control characters.  See ISO 10175
                                 -- Document Printing Application (DPA)
                                 -- ISO standard, Geneva, Switzerland
              langNPAP(31),      -- Network Printer Alliance Protocol (NPAP)
                                 -- predecessor to IEEE 1284.1 (TIPSI)
              langDOC(32),       -- Document Option Commands, Appears in the
                                 -- data stream between data intended for a
                                 -- page description .
                                 -- QMS, Inc.
              langimPress(33),   -- imPRESS, Page description language
                                 -- originally developed for the ImageServer
                                 -- line of systems. A binary language
                                 -- providing representations for text,
                                 -- simple graphics (rules, lines, conic
                                 -- sections), and some large forms (simple
                                 -- bit-map and CCITT group 3/4 encoded).The
                                 -- language was intended to be sent over an
                                 -- 8-bit channel and supported early
                                 -- document preparation languages (e.g. TeX
                                 -- and TROFF).
                                 -- QMS, Inc.
              langPinwriter(34), -- 24 wire dot matrix printer  for
                                 -- USA, Europe, and Asia except Japan.
                                 -- More widely used in Germany, and some
                                 -- Asian countries than in US.
                                 -- NEC
              langNPDL(35),      -- Page printer  for Japanese
                                 -- market.
                                 -- NEC
              langNEC201PL(36),  -- Serial printer language used in the
                                 -- Japanese market.
                                 -- NEC
              langAutomatic(37), -- Automatic PDL sensing.  Automatic
                                 -- sensing of the interpreter language
                                 -- family by the printer examining the
                                 -- document content.  Which actual
                                 -- interpreter language families are sensed
                                 -- depends on the printer implementation.
              langPages(38),     -- Page printer Advanced Graphic Escape Set
                                 -- IBM Japan
              langLIPS(39),      -- LBP Image Processing System
              langTIFF(40),      -- Tagged Image File Format (Aldus)
              langDiagnostic(41),-- A hex dump of the input to the
                                 -- interpreter
              langPSPrinter(42), -- The PostScript Language used for
                                 -- control (with any PDLs)
                                 -- Adobe Systems Incorporated
              langCaPSL(43),     -- Canon Print Systems Language
              langEXCL(44),      -- Extended Command Language
                                 -- Talaris Systems Inc.
              langLCDS(45),      -- Line Conditioned Data Stream
                                 -- Xerox Corporation
              langXES(46)        -- Xerox Escape Sequences
                                 -- Xerox Corporation
              langPCLXL(47) -- Printer Control Language. Extended language
                            -- features for printing, and printer control.
                            -- Technical reference manual # TBD.
                            -- Hewlett-Packard Co.
              langART(48)   -- Advanced Rendering Tools (ART). Page
                            -- Description language originally developed for
                            -- the Laser Press printers. Technical reference
                            -- manual: "ART IV Reference Manual", No F33M.
                            -- Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

              langTIPSI(49) -- Transport Independent Printer System Interface
                            -- Tech Reference - see IEEE Std. 1284.1

    References

    [0-46] RFC 1759.

    [47] Tammy Ferguson                      Binnur Al-Kazily
         fergust@boi.hp.com                  binnur@boi.hp.com
         (208) 396-7052                      (208) 396-6372
         Hewlett-Packard Company             Hewlett-Packard Company
         11311 Chinden Blvd., MS 131         11311 Chinden Blvd., MS524
         Boise, ID 83714-1021                Boise, ID 83714-1021

    [48] Norio Iwamoto                               Tom Hastings
         iwamoto@comg.ksp.fujixerox.co:jp   hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com
         (044) 812-5174                              (310) 333-6413
         Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.                        Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
         3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi,     701 S. Aviation Blvd.
         Kanagawa-ken, 213 Japan                     MS ESAE242
                                                     El Segundo, CA 90245
                                                     USA

    [49] Don Wright, don@lexmark.com, 606-232-4808.

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